Arthur ELLINGTON MID

ELLINGTON, Arthur

Service Number: 1742
Enlisted: 18 December 1918, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
Born: London, England, United Kingdom, 1895
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: London County Council School, England
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 27 January 1917
Cemetery: AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers
Plot 1, Row D, Grave 20, AIF Burial Ground, Flers, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

14 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1742, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1742, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
25 May 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1742, 60th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left thigh - slight
27 Jan 1917: Involvement Private, 1742, 60th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1742 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-01-27
9 Apr 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Received a Special mention in a dispatch from Sir Douglas Haig dated 9 April 1917 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette - 4 October 1917 on page 2624 at position 186 London Gazette - 1 June 1917 on page 5423 at position 46
18 Dec 1918: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1742, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 18

Son of Leonard Haywood Ellington. Brother of Miss N. Ellington of 7 Montholme Road, Battersea, London

6 August 1915 - to hospital with shell concussion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Arthur had previously served in the Royal Navy but was discharged as being medically unfit